On Thursday, May 6, 2021 9:40:21 AM CEST n952162 wrote: > On 5/6/21 7:42 AM, n952162 wrote: > > On 5/6/21 7:30 AM, n952162 wrote: > >> On 5/5/21 8:24 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2021-05-05 at 20:11 +0200, n952162 wrote: > >>>> Hello. > >>>> > >>>> I update several machines every month. This month, most of the > >>>> machines > >>>> needed to update more than 300 packages. But one, which isn't any > >>>> different than the others, has 0 to update, after running --sync. > >>>> > >>>> Does anybody have an explanation for that? > >>> > >>> The manifest verification failed during emerge --sync and you didn't > >>> notice it. Happens to me every time. > >> > >> Yes! It did! It does, every time! But why? I have enough disk > >> space... > > > > This forum entry from 2018: > > > > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1085556-start-0.html > > <https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1085556-start-0.html> > > > > lists various possible causes, all of which involve complicated or > > > > expensive fixes: > > 1. with "hard-links" > > 2. without "hard-links" > > 3. /usr/portage is corrupted (/var/db/repos/gentoo in my case, I guess) > > 4. rsync-excludes? > > 5. use a different mirror (but it works for other machines) > > > > Is there a consensus in the mean time? > > Here's the error: > > * Verifying /var/db/repos/gentoo/.tmp-unverified-download-quarantine > ...!!! Manifest verification failed: > Manifest mismatch for metadata/Manifest.gz > __size__: expected: 3019, have: 3011 > > I diffed the two metadata/Manifest.gz files, here as a png to retain the > spacing. > > I'm not sure what __size__ is being displayed there.
What's the size of the "Manifest.gz" file? And did you try re-synching? -- Joost
